Graphical timeline of the Stelliferous Era
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This is the timeline of the Stelliferous era
but also partly charts the Primordial era
, and charts more of the Degenerate era
of the Heat Death
scenario.
The scale is
. Example one million years is 
.
The Five Ages of the Universe
The Five Ages Of The Universe is a popular science book written by Professor Fred Adams and Gregory Laughlin first published in 1999.- Book contents :...
but also partly charts the Primordial era
The Five Ages of the Universe
The Five Ages Of The Universe is a popular science book written by Professor Fred Adams and Gregory Laughlin first published in 1999.- Book contents :...
, and charts more of the Degenerate era
The Five Ages of the Universe
The Five Ages Of The Universe is a popular science book written by Professor Fred Adams and Gregory Laughlin first published in 1999.- Book contents :...
of the Heat Death
Heat death of the universe
The heat death of the universe is a suggested ultimate fate of the universe, in which the universe has diminished to a state of no thermodynamic free energy and therefore can no longer sustain motion or life. Heat death does not imply any particular absolute temperature; it only requires that...
scenario.
The scale is
. Example one million years is .See also
- Heat death of the universeHeat death of the universeThe heat death of the universe is a suggested ultimate fate of the universe, in which the universe has diminished to a state of no thermodynamic free energy and therefore can no longer sustain motion or life. Heat death does not imply any particular absolute temperature; it only requires that...
- List of other end scenarios than Heat Death
- Ultimate fate of the UniverseUltimate fate of the universeThe ultimate fate of the universe is a topic in physical cosmology. Many possible fates are predicted by rival scientific theories, including futures of both finite and infinite duration....
- Future of an expanding universeFuture of an expanding universeObservations suggest that the expansion of the universe will continue forever. If so, the universe will cool as it expands, eventually becoming too cold to sustain life. For this reason, this future scenario is popularly called the Big Freeze....
- 1 E19 s and more
- Second law of thermodynamicsSecond law of thermodynamicsThe second law of thermodynamics is an expression of the tendency that over time, differences in temperature, pressure, and chemical potential equilibrate in an isolated physical system. From the state of thermodynamic equilibrium, the law deduced the principle of the increase of entropy and...
- Cyclic modelCyclic modelA cyclic model is any of several cosmological models in which the universe follows infinite, self-sustaining cycles. For example, the oscillating universe theory briefly considered by Albert Einstein in 1930 theorized a universe following an eternal series of oscillations, each beginning with a...
- Dyson's eternal intelligenceDyson's eternal intelligenceDyson's eternal intelligence is a concept that states an intelligent being would be able to think an infinite number of thoughts in an open universe....
- Final anthropic principle
- The Last QuestionThe Last Question"The Last Question" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It first appeared in the November 1956 issue of Science Fiction Quarterly and was reprinted in the collections Nine Tomorrows , The Best of Isaac Asimov , Robot Dreams , the retrospective Opus 100 , and in Isaac Asimov: The...
, a short story by Isaac Asimov which considers the inevitable oncome of heat death in the universe and how it may be reversed. - Graphical timeline from Big Bang to Heat DeathGraphical timeline from Big Bang to Heat DeathThis is the timeline of the Universe from Big Bang to Heat Death scenario. The different Eras of the Universe are shown.Usually the logarithmic scale is used for such timelines but it compresses the most interesting Stelliferous Era too much as this example shows. Therefore a double-logarithmic...
. This timeline uses the double-logarithmic scale for comparison with the graphical timeline included in this article. - Graphical timeline of our universeGraphical timeline of our universeThis more than twenty billion years timeline of our universe shows the best estimates of the occurrence of events since its beginning, up until anticipated events in the near future. Zero of the scale is the present day. A large step on the scale is one billion years, a small step one hundred...
. This timeline uses the more intuitive linear time, for comparison with this article. - Graphical timeline of the Big BangGraphical timeline of the Big BangThis timeline of the Big Bang shows the sequence of events as predicted by the Big Bang theory, from the beginning of time to the end of the Dark Ages....
- Big BangBig BangThe Big Bang theory is the prevailing cosmological model that explains the early development of the Universe. According to the Big Bang theory, the Universe was once in an extremely hot and dense state which expanded rapidly. This rapid expansion caused the young Universe to cool and resulted in...